Black Hole found in Milky Way

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:37 am

The BBC are reporting that a German team has confirmed the existence of a Black Hole at the center of the Milky Way. Astronomers tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the center of the Milky Way, using the 3.5m New Technology Telescope and the 8.2m Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. Both are operated by the European Southern Observatory (Eso). The black hole is four million times heavier than our Sun, according to the paper in The Astrophysical Journal. According to Dr Robert Massey, of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the results suggest that galaxies form around giant black holes in the way that a pearl forms around grit."

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well were screwed in the future no matter what.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:16 am

Interesting. That's a very large microscope.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:40 am

froggyboy604 wrote:Interesting. That's a very large microscope.

lol that was my first thought.

Resurgence · Post by **Resurgence** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:38 am

Imagine if the Black Hole lead to a whole other galaxy. O_O;

Post by **froggyboy604** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:01 am

That be neat, I kind of wonder where the end of a black hole leaves. My guest is that a balack hole never ends and you end up be sucking into a black hole forever.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:03 am

it would be very interesting to see what is at the end of a black hole but it's one of those things that you be taking to your grave.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:12 am

I think the person being sucked in will die of starvation before he reaches the end.